Jack Stout | Onion Pub & Brewery / Wild Onion Brewing Co.

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4/5 rDev +10.8%look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

What I thought was my last weekend beer...not so fast my friends....I guess I have room for one more....the Jack Stout from WILD ONION!!! The color was black and opaque...the head was ecru and laced. The aroma was like living above a starbucks in lakview, Illinois (southport & roscoe...for all you north chicagoians). The taste was a nice roasty stout with good espresso tones...slightly acidic as the pallet is not completely clean...similar to a good cup of joe. For anyone that likes stouts....this beer is certainly worth the taste.

12oz can. Black with a creamy and smooth mocha head that drenches the sides of the glass with thick lacing. Smells of roast, cocoa, a bit of caramel and some green citrus. The roast adds a good bit of the flavor to this. The taste is similar, with a moderately flavorful mix of coffee, green citrus and then a flush of sweetness across the back. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with a soft crispness that flows easily enough but is overall coming off as a bit thin. This actually isn’t too bad and was a big step up for me from some of the other canned offerings that I’ve had from the Onion.

Thanks again to resi for providing this beer. Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a black color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of roasted malts. Taste also has considerable malts, coffee, I am not detecting any oats. Feels creamy in the mouth and has good drinkability. Overall a good quality brew.

Moderate roasty flavor, notes of bakers chocolate in the middle, and slightly ashy burnt toast in the finish. Traces of weak coffee and natural raisin flavors. Very light, like a Porter or English Stout. Not much trace of the oatmeal, in flavor or texture. Still it's light and easy drinking, tastes fine. The light body is the one area that could improve, it's a little thin, but it wouldn't deter you from having 2-3 in a sitting. First glass disappeared fast...

Very impressed by this little 12 oz can. I wasn't expecting anything from it, and hadn't had anything from the brewpub before. Grabbed a can because I love stouts and saw it as a new release in Champaign, IL.

It fits right into the sweet spot of stouts that I love. It tastes more like a great dry stout than an oatmeal stout--a little lighter on the body than you might expect for the oatmeal style.

The flavor is extremely roasty--I love that kind of beer. Delicious, in my eyes. Comparable to a beer like the North Coast Old #38. Maybe even better. A perfect session beer, although the alcohol might be a little too high to do half a dozen. Still, I'd be tempted to try.

Regardless, I think of this as more of a dry stout, and it surprisingly vaults up to being one of the best I've ever had. I've got to make a note to try some of this brewery's other stuff.

I got a six-pack of these for Christmas, so not sure of the price or value. 12oz. aluminum cans with no freshness date listed. Alcohol content is a mystery as the can says it's 6%, Beer Advocate has it as 6.5%, and the website lists it at 6.2%, so take your pick.

The beer pours out a dark brown color, but head size will depend upon how hard you pour. Poured straight down the middle, about 3/4 of the glass will be filled with a foamy tan head. For my second glass I poured slowly into a tilted glass and still got 2 fingers worth of head with good lacing.

The beer smells like toasted malt, chocolate, and coffee, but it's not that strong.

The taste is delicious (but be careful not to over chill it). Brewed with 5 different malts, it has the flavor or roasted malt sweetened with oats and chocolate, with some coffee flavor also prominent. Hop bitterness is mild, but enough to add some balance. I liked it.

The label calls this is a full bodied beer, but it's only medium bodied at best. Smooth and creamy mouthfeel with only moderate carbonation.